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Respiratory infections. Weeks 12 and 13 2024

4th April 2024

The new summary examines the incidence of respiratory infections and hospitalizations due to them and compares the situation in Iceland with the situation in Europe.

Öndunarfærasýkingar. Nýtt tölublað

-Automatic translation-

Influenza is still in fairly constant circulation, but it seems that the number of cases is decreasing. The vast majority of diagnosed cases of influenza this winter have been of influenza A.

Few people are currently diagnosed with COVID-19 and RSV. The number of inpatients at Landspitali Hospital with respiratory viral infections has changed little in recent weeks, but the majority of them have had influenza.

Both measles and mumps have recently arrived in the country. So far this year there have been seven cases of mumps and one case of measles.

The Chief Epidemiologist